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Flood Control District OKs amended ILA with Bellevue for Factoria Boulevard storm conveyance
Summary
The King County Flood Control District board adopted an amended interlocal agreement with the City of Bellevue to fund and construct storm conveyance upgrades on Factoria Boulevard, authorizing up to $9,914,000 for the project and approving a city-requested change to the signatory lines.
The King County Flood Control District Board of Supervisors voted unanimously May 13 to adopt an amendment to an interlocal agreement with the City of Bellevue to construct storm conveyance improvements on Factoria Boulevard in South Bellevue.
The board approved a resolution amending the interlocal agreement and authorizing District funding not to exceed $9,914,000 for construction of the project, which the staff presentation said is intended to increase conveyance capacity and reduce repeated flooding along Factoria Boulevard and adjacent commercial areas.
Deputy Executive Director Steven Shower told the board the project will replace a segment of existing storm pipe along the northbound lanes of Factoria Boulevard between Southeast 308th Street and the Richards Creek inlet channel with a larger-capacity conveyance system. "Bellevue experiences recurrent flooding in the city's Richards Creek drainage basin during high-intensity storm events," Shower said, noting a 2014 storm that inundated part of Victoria Boulevard with nearly 4 feet of water and repeatedly disrupted businesses and traffic in the corridor.
According to Shower, the district originally authorized $6,814,000 for the project in the 2021 and 2022 budgets and increased the project budget by $3,100,000 in the 2025 annual budget; the amended ILA now authorizes funding up to $9,914,000 for construction. Shower also said Bellevue will serve as the district's service provider for the work and that the city has approved the amended ILA.
The staff report and the resolution also reflect a non-budgetary, editorial amendment requested by the City of Bellevue that removes the mayor's name and title from the city's signature block and instead allows the document to be signed by the city manager or utilities director to whom signature authority has been delegated, and adds the assistant city attorney as a signatory. Shower said the amendment to signature lines had been reviewed by the district's legal counsel.
Supervisor Deshaun Quinn moved the resolution and the board adopted an amendment labeled S1 (striking amendment) before approving the underlying resolution. The clerk recorded a roll-call vote of nine ayes; the chair announced the measure was adopted.
The board's action is administrative and, per the staff report, does not change the district's overall 2025 budget beyond the previous budget increase already recorded.
